Surrogate couple filmed without permission on reality TV and humiliated by comments about her body

“If I was a surrogate, and I had known there was going to be an audience, I probably would have waxed,” Lewis said on the broadcast. “And that was the shocking part for Gage. I don’t think Gage had ever seen a vagina, let alone one that big.”

Fucking hell.

I am absolutely against commercial surrogacy, and things like this are a good reminder of why.

He is disgusting. I am deeply conflicted about surrogacy but the cases like this make me tend towards believing it should not be permitted on a commercial basis. This couple really hates women.

God that’s horrible on so many levels. Deeply disturbing and I am appalled by the complete disregard for her as a person. Just rent a womb, bosh, job done. Urgh.

Women's bodies are directly being used by men, like we're objects.

Yes. This is why I find surrogacy deeply disturbing.

Revolting exploitation of the woman

I agree completely, this is awful.

I'm sure this horrrible man would have no problem in seeing women described in legislation as gestators.

I have witnessed some revolting misogyny from gay men, but I think this is the worst. I hope there is a serious backlash to this repellant male.

God men really do hate us don't they.

They think we are put on this earth to service their needs.

I feel sick reading that. That woman must be devastated that she gave so much of herself for them, for them to treat her so awfully and with such little respect.

And they had a daughter That poor little girl is going to grow up with that as her male role models.

How many women hating people were involved in making that TV show? I hope they all lose their jobs over this.

I can see why someone might be a surrogate for a loved sister or daughter.

I cannot see how you could treat the person who made your child for you so utterly contemptuously. With so little respect. It's repulsive. And yes, I think it's a serious feminist issue.

Oh. Wow.

That’s a HIPAA violation, right there.

I hope they get raked over the coals.

I saw this earlier too. I cannot express how angry it makes me...
Men using a woman, belittling her sacrifice and publicly humiliating her. It makes me despairingly sad to think of them raising a female child.

I cannot see commercial surrogacy as anything but abhorrent - a woman isn't an industrial womb, being pregnant isn't a service you can buy, a baby isn't a product.

Aaaargh.

I had to name change for this but this situation is one of the many reasons I don't believe in gestational surrogacy, and think they should be outlawed everywhere. I feel for infertile couples (gay or straight) I am unable to conceive myself so understand the pain, but you can't buy a women's body to bear you a child and treat it as a "service". And it always seems to be males who act out the worse in these situations. Very sad for all involved.

I have serious issues about surrogacy. Women's bodies are directly being used by men, like we're objects.

This is how men view women and this is why surrogacy shouldn't be allowed except only few situations.

Oh I see from the clip someone put on twitter that the celeb actually commented on the appearance of her public area in his TV show. That is just so crass. again demonstrating how little value they put on the woman who enabled them to have a child.

Among the comments 'she was a hired employee plain and simple nothing more nothing less'

An example as to why surrogacy for not altruistic reasons is deeply problematic for women.

And the implication is that the reason the surrogate is suing is because she had apparently not removed her public hair! Unbelievable really.